austin powers

i love the life i have created for myself out here (with some help from cuz, of course). this morning i had one of those moments that reminded me how lucky i am.

b, bbq and i made plans to go to the oakland farmer's market this morning (per me and b's in-town saturday routine). somehow, the idea of a personal theme song came up, and bbq played his for us, as it was handily available on his iPhone. its the theme from austin powers (the musical number at the beginning where everyone dances in the streets). fitting right?

anyways, when we heard the music, the three of us suddenly started dancing on the sidewalk in oakland near b's house in the wacky austin powers fashion. we weren't synchronized, or very good at re-creating the movements from the movies. i actually think those movies are not that funny and kinda lame. but we were all laughing and completely unashamed in our goofy dorkiness as we walked over a major bay area freeway in full view of saturday morning traffic. we were simply 3 people having a good time with good friends.

it was a great moment. not to say that it couldnt have happened at some point of time in chicago, but it definitely wouldnt have happened this weekend as its in the 20s and 30s with icy conditions and biting wind in the greater chicagoland area right now. my laugher wasn't just over the situation, i laughed out of sheer joy and happiness (who even knew i was capable of feeling those things?). that doesn't happen very often, and i'm glad i was able to recognize this instance for what it was.

:)